ARTICLE 107, 108 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 1949

What are the Provisions as to introduction and passing
of Bills? What is Joint sitting of both Houses in certain
cases?
Article 107 and 108 of
Constitution of India, 1949

Provisions as to introduction and passing of Bills and
Joint sitting of both Houses in certain cases are defined under
Article 107 and 108 of
Constitution of India 1949. Provisions under these Articles are:

Article 107 of Constitution of India "Provisions as
to introduction and passing of Bills"

(1) Subject to the provisions of Articles 109 and 117
with respect to Money Bills and other financial Bills, a
Bill may originate in either House of Parliament.

(2) Subject to the provisions of Article 108 and 109, a
Bill shall not be deemed to have been passed by the Houses
of Parliament unless it has been agreed to by both Houses,
either without amendment or with such amendments only as are
agreed by both Houses.

(3) A Bill pending in Parliament shall not lapse by
reason of the prorogation of the Houses.

(4) A Bill pending in the Council of States which has not
been passed by the House of the People shall not lapse on a
dissolution of the House of the People.

(5) A Bill which is pending in the House of the People, or
which having been passed by the House of the People is
pending in the council of States, shall subject to the
provisions of Article 108, lapse on a dissolution of the
House of the People.

Article 108 of Constitution of India "Joint sitting
of both Houses in certain cases"

(1) If after a Bill has been passed by one House and
transmitted to the other House-

(a) the Bill is rejected by the other House; or

(b) the Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments
to be made in the Bill; or

(c) more than six months elapse from the date of the
reception of the Bill by the other House without the Bill
being passed by it. the President may, unless the Bill has
lapsed by reason of a dissolution of the House of the
People, notify to the Houses by message if they are sitting
or by public notification if they are not sitting, his
intention to summon them to meet in a joint sitting for the
purpose of deliberating and voting on the Bill:

Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to a Money
Bill.

(2) In reckoning any such period of six months as is
referred to in clause (1), no account shall be taken of any
period during which the House referred to in sub-clause (c)
of that clause is prorogued or adjourned for more than four
consecutive days.

(3) Where the President has under clause (1) notified his
intention of summoning the Houses to meet in a joint
sitting, neither House shall proceed further with the Bill,
but the President may at any time after the date of his
notification summon the Houses to meet in a joint sitting
for the purpose specified in the notification and, if he
does so, the Houses shall meet accordingly.

(4) If at the joint sitting of the two Houses the Bill, with
such amendments, if any, as are agreed to in joint sitting,
is passed by a majority of the total number of members of
both Houses present and voting, it shall be deemed for the
purposes of this Constitution to have been passed by both
Houses:

Provided that a joint sitting-

(a) if the Bill, having been passed by one House, has not
been passed by the other House with amendments and returned
to the House in which it originated, no amendment shall be
proposed to the Bill other than such amendments (if any) as
are made necessary by the delay in the passage of the Bill;

(b) if the Bill has been so passed and returned, only such
amendments as aforesaid shall be proposed to the Bill and
such other amendments as are relevant to the matters with
respect to which the Houses have not agreed; and the
decision of the person presiding as to the amendments which
are admissible under this clause shall be final.

(5) A joint sitting may be held under this article and a
Bill passed thereat, notwithstanding that a dissolution of
the House of the People has intervened since the President
notified his intention to summon the Houses to meet therein.